Mother of all conception months Graduates

[PeanutBean]

Well Tas, I wish I'd looked at this thread again as it was all shut - you'd think it'd be noticeable on their website as I spent some time there last week deciding what day to visit! As it was Byron did the under 6 play and loved it and it was too wet to post out anyway. He loved all the trains too and was tired enough after 3 hours to be an absolute bloody nightmare beyond anything ever while we ate out at Ask. Bit of a shock as he is normally very good in restaurants. He ate almost nothing my food and tea were ruined for going cold because DH and I spent the whole meal also settling Indigo who hadn't slept all day and was seriously overtired waking at every tiny thing. We were ready to out the kids in the bin and drive home without them! We also got soaked to the skin walking from the Minster to the restaurant only a couple of minutes away. I have had a much better time grouting that today's outing!

Oh gilz I so hope you get improvement...

 

[PeanutBean]

Just read that thread Madcat. What a loon!

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

ah gilz i really hope you get some improvement or at least an alternative very soon xkx

matcat total crazy arse! there are alot of hormonal and over due women in 3rd tri at the moment, i have just been chatting to the latest victim of mrs high horse who actually started a thread about the insulting comment she made to this woman basically trying to find back up where there was none! good for you for standing up for yourself!

there are alot of bored and hormonal women on here lately who seem to get a kick out of bringing downothers

afm well had a bit of a breakthrough today, i took away all of leos antagonists, tv off as he gets shirty with the remote controls, laptop completely taken away, i put lots of toys and books around the house, we went to the park and fed the ducks for two hours minus pram, made play dough lots of things, he went in his corner only once for hitting me!

until dh came up . . .

me: right i need to put our dinner on its going to take 2 hours to cook and i have no intention of waiting until 7 to make it!

dh: ok

me: right he has been really good todaybut basically i have made the daytime all about him again like it used to be before i got pregnant, tired and in pain

dh: ok

me: that means no tv, no laptop, no fiddling on your phone, i want you to give leo your undivided attention, if he walks off to play by himself and wants to be alone fine but if he wants you to play with him please just do it ok its not much of an ask he goes to bed in an hour and a half and his bath time takes up half of that

dh: ok

5 minutes later . . . .

dh: you are in your corner for hitting daddy . . . .

why he is on the laptop with the news on the telly and leo waving a book at him
he went in his corner 5 times in an hour when he had been in once all day before that

i know we cant give him our undivided attention all day long especially with lo coming very soon but he doesnt demand it! if you make your day about him instead of yourself when you have all evening to do your things then he wil not slap after a few days he will stop slapping and will forget that he ever got anywhere with slapping

but nooooooo switch on the telly, laptop and ignore him! gah!

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Silly DHs!!!

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Evening Ladies :wave:

Busy day over here off to catch up now .......

Today we went to baby class and Charlie enjoyed him self rolling around the floor He laid on his tummy and flipped onto his back and laid on his back and flipped onto his tummy everyone was amazed him only been 11wks

His hospital appointment went well The dietician encourages weaning at 17wks to help the reflux if we feel hes ready she confirms the dosage of gaviscon to be right at this stage because he feeds little and often and agrees Charlie might just be a baby with a little appetite who doesnt want much milk He weighs exactly 12lb which is a 9oz gain in 15days Still not great but the dietician says hes at the minimum for everything they require its when he dips lower than that they would worry and she says they look mimimum gain to be 100grams a week and right now hes gaining that! We are discharged unless we want to see her further but am happy to leave it as it is unless Charlie gives us course for concern

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Catching up ......

Molly, NOMORE and Tas confession here that we too (not me DH!) has given Oliver a smack on the back of the legs at extremely naughty behaviour but it became quickly apparent it doesnt even seem to bother Oliver hes as tough as old boots He kinda looked as if to say `didnt hurt daddy!` am not sure how I feel about the whole smack/dont smack subject tbh its one of them things I have never been sure what I feel about it

madcat for crappy tummy poor Bailey I have had to leave Charlie to cry as well at the call of nature not really something you can get around although am sure if you asked one or two ladies in the baby club they might have an answer for this one and for laptop

gahhhhhh for and unsettled LOs Peanut we are planning a school hol trip to NRM(maybe!) Oliver loves that place

Tattoos sound great Tas Cant wait to get mine done for Charlie to go with Olivers

NOMORE its so frustrating when us Mummies try so hard and Daddy comes in and un does all the hard work

Gilz its so funny Omeprazole didnt work for Charlie either I hope your appointment goes well hon ... I think the only thing that might help sadly is weaning .... I had an appointment with a dietician today about Charlie, reflux and weaning etc and she encourages us to wean as soon as Charlie will tolerate so earliest 17wks to help the reflux I know Noah is far worse so I reckon he will only benefit from it too Keep going your doing a fab job the light at the end of the tunnel is shining now

madcat going off to check out that thread now

 

[madcatwoman]

Tas, just read your reply on that girls post about induction, thanks! obviously she was burying her head in the sand and hoping for a merry ole time lol

 

[molly85]

i reported on mine to cat hardly roses and mine was lovely compared to yours. ah jeez im thinking of number 2 again 5 minute labour anyone?

i think i have really hadd with matt. abbys done kicking on her back i flip her on her front and she gets cryie not a prob i am trying to get her work on head lifting and rolling as shes behind on head lifting and seems to do better frustrated.well he picks her straight up and won't listen to me on tummy time. I explained she doesn't have to enjoy it everytime its a work out for a reason. she just needed encouragement i was gettingmy dinner so i could sit and cheer her on. he complains about everything i do am seriously wanting to tellhim to go take ahike

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

ha ha it was like groundhog day honestly with the arguement which followed, he doesnt hit me anymore but still whollops you one why do you think that is .. dunno .. . i will tell you, it will go back and forth like this until one day he will see how nice leo always is to me and how horrible he is to him, dh will get upset and say is it because i work he doesnt love me as much as you and then i will go its not that you work its that he waits all day for you to come home (he waited on the stairs today for 45 minutes bless him) and all you want to do is "unwind and do your things" then dh will get even more upset and will then start listening and trying doi, why does it alwayshave to get to that point! lol

am thinking of where to take leo tomorrow, was thinking swimming but i dont have a costume that fits and cant afford to buy one. . . might take him to windsor, change of scenery and feed even more ducks!

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

molly i was exactly the same after leo! if it were up to me i wouldnt have ever gone on contraceptives afterwards lol

this time round no. lol leos pregnancy was beautiful, perfect, glowy and text book, this one i actually keep looking at the calendar hoping i got my dates wrong by like a month lol had way too many scans for that to ever happen though lol

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Ladies anyone think this is odd?????

Charlie was weighed today and hes now 12lb exactly (so 1lb 12oz gain since birth hes 11wk+1)

I have dug out Olivers red book to check out his weight ( I think I might be getting as tad obsessed now ) so here goes...

At 8+4wks Oliver weighed 12.6 so basically he weighed 6oz more at 8wks than Charlie does at 11wks

The next weight we have recorded is at 13+4wks and Oliver weighed 13lb 10oz now Charlie will next be weighed at 13+3wks when he has his next jabs so I guess thats the closest for comparision we will get but I doubt Charlie will gained 1lb 10oz in 16days when its taken him 11wks to gain 1lb 12oz

What confuses me even more is that Oliver wasnt gaining well and the HV did my head in over Oliver not feeding enough blah blah blah so if Charlie weighs less than Oliver did and there was issues with Oliver weight why am I been told Charlies weight is ok

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

madly what confuses me most is that leo was slow to put on weight too and all anyone would say was well he was big to begin with! so we dont mind! they didnt even ask how much he was drinking so although they knew he drank every 4-5 hours they were never told how much! no one was bothered by his weight .. . ever! i will try and dig out his red book to get accurates but i distinctly remember one hv saying we woudl expect them to have put on 8lbs by now and he has put on (cant remember exactly but was tiny amount in comparison) x amount but you know what he was big anyway so never mind!

 

[tas1]

I think I remember a HV saying as long as they are putting on it's ok so it is weird for your HV to say Oliver didn't put enough on then for Charlie to be ok! They need to get there facts right i think! It's great that Charlie has put so he must be getting better (I'm so sorry if I've jinxed it now)
I was looking at Cadens and Calebs red books today and when Caden was 12wks5 he weighed 13.11 then when Caleb was 12wks 5 he weighed 15.5 so that's a big difference and I can't believe my second son is so big I'm thinking he is growing again as he's been sleepy but although I love all the clothes I bought it the next sale in 6-9months I don't actually want him in them lol! He's gonna be 14wks in Thursday nearly 4months old I wanna go to neverland so my boys can stay little forever

Madcat I'm not sure why people think labour is easy then get uptight when you tell them the truth.....it's like don't ask if you don't wanna know th truth,I've told all first time mums to think of the worst pain in the world and it's that lol sorry pregnant ladies!! When I was pregnant with Caden I watched birth videos on YouTube my OH thought I was crazy and would be scared but I wasn't I was prepared then with Caleb I was like why am I doing this again lol!

Sorry I didn't post in time pb I thought I just caught you! Bur at least he liked abit! And blah that they were grumpy in the restaurant!

Caleb is absolutely zonked on me he has 3oz left in his bottle but he is too sleepy but it is the first day where he has finished every single bottle of 8oz so he must still be full from them!

Madly I'm glad I've had my tattoos done i was nervous lol i'll post a picture of fb of them! My dad hates them but he is anti tattoos because of his religion but I think god made these things and amazing people so why not use them lol (that's my reason when I get fake boob tummy tuck lipo Botox lol)

Xx

 

[molly85]

iv noticed the hv's are now keener onsmaller babies so the heavier to start with ones they dont mind not gsiningso much. keeps their fat baby rate down. i saw 2 cgunksters at my group today they don'trealise us tiny baby mums have the same issue abby wont take more than 24oz a day shes put herself on a diet lol

 

[gilz82]

As far as the mv, hv and paeds consultant have explained it to us Madly they are more concerned that there is consistent weight gained and no losses rather than being on such and such a percentile.

As for the omeprazole it's the one drug that works in 99.9% of reflux babies. As far as I can work out from the paediatrician, our gp and my own research it's just all about getting the dosage right to see results as what it does is stop the body even producing acid. According to my gp this morning the problem is that people want/expect instant results from things and if the dosage doesn't work at first they immediately dismiss the drug when really all that is necessary is the dosage to be upped.

Noah and I have waited this long to see improvements in his reflux full stop so I'll give the new dosage of omeprazole another few days to see what happens. At this stage we've nothing to lose and as of thursday we are only a fortnight away from the magic 17 weeks point.

Tas I thought my tattoo on my wrist was the one I felt the least. Its strange how it varies from person to person. I have to admit I never found any of my tattoos to be sore as such, the outline is always slightly scratchy but after that I really like the sensation I haven't decided what to get for my Noah tattoo yet but I think this will be my last one. Mine are all in places where I can cover them up if I need to and so they aren't on view all the time when I'm old and wrinkly and saggy

 

[molly85]

matts getting an abby tatoo, im considering checking out mu pain treshold lol.abbys in pjs and man they do make them look grown up

 

[gilz82]

I prefer pjs Molly. Asda and tesco are the only place I've found that do pre 9-12 months jammies so I just bought a couple of packets of 3-6 and 6-9 for
Noah as I'm starting to hate sick covered sleepsuits! It always ends up in the poppers somehow even with Noah covered in muslins

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

muslins! thanks gilz i have been thinking all day that i still had one last thing to buy for baby! gah been bothering me all day trying to remember! i bought 3x3 packs but thought ihad loads left over from leo nope, dh keeps throuwing them away because he uses them for when leo eats anything tomatoey rolls it in towels where they sit for days get completely stained and then throws them away lol out of sight out of mind lol lol lol

he has gone downstairs to make me a choccie brownie dessert! yesss!

this is how bad my chocolate craving has got . . . i have stopped all choccie consumption apart from once a week, noticed a couple of years ago that sara lee choccie gateuxs had disappeared and spent precious time last night trying to find out who sells them

fyi sara lee sold the rights of the gateau to some country farm foods group who have exclusivity and only sell them in londis . . . sad but my god when i find a londis i am buying 10!

 

[gilz82]

Oh Nomore I found muslins to be the cheapest in asda I think it's between £2-£3 for 3. I now have soooo many and I keep thinking that's it you have enough! But at least once a week I end up in the situation where they are all in the machine and I have to cover Noah with a towel

Another fantastically shit night here which I won't bother boring you all with again, mostly because you've heard me moan about the same stuff for two months now but partly because the more I talk about it now the more upset I get.

 

[tas1]

Morning

Oh gilz I really hope things start to get better for you! Only 15 more days! Have you done research on what your gonna start with and made a plan?

Kate just thought if you can stretch yur old swimming suit put a large t-shirt over to cover you up!

Well I've woken up to back ache again its so annoying going to the nurse this morning so I'm gonna ask her if there is anything I can do coz I just wanna rip the coil out myself and get back to normal with one week of bleeding and feeling rubbish!
Also I need advice or a miracle my neighbours smoke in their house and it comes through to ours,I can smell it mainly in Calebs nursery which is attached to our bedroom but because we sleep in there I don't know if it's in there coz we'll be use to it,in the dining room and Cadens room (he has started with a cough so now I'm even more paranoid) is there anyone I can contact as I'm sure this is against human rights but if not what can I do? It's one thing after another with this house and it's really getting to me.

Xx